| Just slightly |
ATAD |
| Kept celebrating |
PARTIEDON |
| Kitten's sound |
MEW |
| Lawn growth |
GRASS |
| Leisure trip, informally |
VACAY |
| Like a batter after strike three |
OUT |
| Link (with) |
ASSOCIATE |
| Louisiana stew that starts with a roux |
GUMBO |
| Lovers' quarrel |
SPAT |
| Maine Marathon starters? |
EMS |
| Maritime |
NAVAL |
| Messenger molecule |
RNA |
| Mexican sandwich or Italian cake |
TORTA |
| Militia at Lexington and Concord |
MINUTEMEN |
| Muse whose name anagrams to "orate" |
ERATO |
| Nelly Furtado's 2002 Grammy winner ... or a clue to 19- , 28- or 46-Across |
IMLIKEABIRD |
| Obama born in 2001 |
SASHA |
| One and only |
SOLE |
| Pal, in Paris |
AMI |
| Philosopher Ayn |
RAND |
| Red No. 40 and others |
DYES |
| Relating to kidneys |
RENAL |
| Rte. finder |
GPS |
| Slightly off |
AMISS |
| Something passed in class |
NOTE |
| Subside |
ABATE |
| System of moral values |
ETHIC |
| T. rex, for one |
DINO |
| Task bar symbol |
ICON |
| Three-toed ___ |
SLOTH |
| Throw in the ___ |
TOWEL |
| Tiger's warning |
SNARL |
| TV show whose 1983 finale had a record 105.97 million viewers |
MASH |
| Univ. educator |
PROF |
| Vocal advocate of limiting government spending |
DEFICITHAWK |
| Welcome gift in Honolulu |
LEI |
| What gives planter's punch its punch |
RUM |
| Woodworking tool |
LATHE |